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Violence
Some
Violence; heist dangers; deaths
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of the ordinary man caught in extraordinary circumstances
What this book is about
Ambler's 1962 thriller (basis for the Topkapi film) follows Arthur Simpson, a petty criminal and journalist, who is forced by British intelligence to infiltrate a gang planning to rob Istanbul's Topkapi Museum. For older teens and adults.
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